High School Sports

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of Jan. 30 - Feb. 5.  Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit scores and stats to [email protected]. Follow sports editor Juan Reyes on Twitter @jmreyes831...

SANTA CRUZ—The Aptos High boys’ basketball team made a statement with a crushing victory at the eighth annual Aptos High/Santa Cruz Warriors NorCal Invitational on Monday afternoon.  Senior center Jack Spinelli finished with a team-high 19 points to go along with nine rebounds, helping the...

St. Francis High graduate Aaliysah Gomez had an incident when she was 2 that had doctors saying she would be blind and never able to see out of one eye. Years later, she managed to overcome that obstacle and never let her foot off the...

Aptos High sophomore Isaiah Ackerman may have been a first-year starter for the Mariners’ boys basketball team but what he did on the court this season was enough to turn some heads.  The coaches within the league recognized Ackerman for his accomplishments as he earned...

PCAL Santa Lucia Top Players Offensive Player of the Year: Johrdan Garibay, St. Francis Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Valencia, St. Francis Lineman of the Year: Saul Noel Aquino, St. Francis First team offense Cash Rosburg, Harbor, QB Johrdan Garibay, St. Francis, RB Isaac Ortiz, Pajaro Valley, RB Alonso Barcenas, Greenfield,...

The Watsonville High boys’ soccer team is coming off another unforgettable season.  Only this time, it might be one that head coach Roland Hedgpeth would instead like to forget.   It was the first time in what feels like an eternity that the Wildcatz missed the Central...

Watsonville High junior Katelynn Ruiz and several other local athletes are set to compete in this weekend’s Central Coast Section Track and Field Championships in Gilroy.   The Wildcatz standout distance runner advanced in the 3200-meters finals after she finished in 11 minutes, 30.11 seconds during...

Aptos High girls volleyball team is making huge steps forward in the ultra-competitive Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after finding success in what is still a young 2023 season.  Early results have the Mariners in a second tier behind league leaders Santa Cruz and Harbor...

WATSONVILLE—Watsonville High junior Danisha Nunez was laser focused going into her 106-pound division title match at last week’s CCS Wrestling Championships at Watsonville High.  But an attempt to overthrow Evergreen Valley junior Sabrina Tran backfired on her. In a blink of an eye, Nunez was...

This week’s edition of the Pajaronian Sports Ticker highlights local prep athletes for their performances during the week of April 29-May 5.    Preps of the Week Boys: Watsonville High senior pitcher Aiden Rodriguez had back-to-back solid games, allowing just one run in 14 innings pitched for...